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[quote=Anonymous]The thread about the OP whose sister doesn't watch her kids and doesn't clean up after herself when they all vacation together really hit home for me. My sister and my  brother are both the same way with their families, and it makes it tough to enjoy time with them.

For example: like the other OP, my sister will simply sleep in while her VERY YOUNG kids are roaming around. Honestly, she just assumes that another adult will be up already and will be willing to watch her kids. Once, my baby was sleeping in very late, so my husband and I didn't come out of our bedroom until almost 8 a.m. ALL THREE of her kids were walking around unsupervised, as my dad was at work and my mom was working out (which we all knew would be the case the night before.) My sister's youngest had gotten into crayons and was coloring all over my parents' dining room walls and table. And my sister just laughed and was like, oh, I thought Jane would be awake to watch her.

My brother and one of my adult cousins never watch their kids, to the point where they once couldn't find their children for **two hours** at my parents' lake cottage. I wasn't there for this incident, but my mom told me that, honestly, they thought the kids were dead at the bottom of the lake. Turns out they had walked unsupervised to a nearby grocery (very rural town) and were buying candy. They were 5 and 6 at the time.

Both my brother and sister will never help out with cleaning/cooking/laundry; my mom and I do everything. It exhausts my mother, but she never says anything. I don't say anything, because I support my mom as a hostess, and don't want to make waves in her home.

If you are like this with your kids, WHY? Why do you think you get a free pass "on vacation" and make everything harder for the OTHER adults? (And kids!)[/quote]

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